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Live  Stock  Questions 
Answered  by  Prof.  F.  C.  Minkler 
Dairy  Questions 
We  are  feeding  mixed  hay  and  the  fol¬ 
lowing  grain  :  200  lbs.  crushed  oats,  100 
lbs.  cottonseed.  100  lbs  meal.  100  buck¬ 
wheat  mids.  Will  you  tell  us  of  a  bal¬ 
anced  ration  that  will  give  more  and  bet¬ 
ter  milk?  We  would  like  to  raise  our 
grain  for  next  year.  What  grains  can 
we  raise  on  a  farm  in  this  State  that 
could  be  used  for  a  balanced  ration? 
There  is  a  silo  on  this  farm  in  which  the 
silage  spoils.  It  is  single  boarded  matched 
lumber,  square  silo,  with  no  roof.  Is 
there  any  way  it  can  be  fixed  so  we 
can  use  it  next  year?  We  are  on  a 
rented  farm.  C.  8. 
New  York. 
With  mixed  hay  and  no  silage  and  a 
ration  restricted  to  crushed  oats,  cotton¬ 
seed,  and  buckwheat  middlings  it  is  clear 
that  your  daily  production  of  milk  would 
be  unsatisfactory.  While  the  ration  car¬ 
ries  enough  protein  it  would  not  be  pal¬ 
atable.  I  would  suggest  the  following: 
200  lbs.  crushed  oats,  150  lbs.  cottonseed 
meal.  200  lbs.  buckwheat  middlings,  200 
lbs.  gluten  feed,  150  lbs.  bran.  100  lbs. 
linseed  meal. 
Probably  it  would  be  necessary  to  re¬ 
strict  your  crops  to  corn  and  oats  and 
clover  hay  or  mixed  hay  ;  yet  Soy  beans 
might  be  produced  as  a  source  of  protein. 
Buckwheat  also  provides  a  very  useful 
feed  for  dairy  cows.  It  is  usually  ad¬ 
vantageous  to  purchase  such  concentrates 
as  are  necessary  to  bring  home  grown 
products  into  balance  so  far  as  protein  is 
concerned. 
Square  silos  have  practically  all  been 
discarded,  for  they  do  not  preserve  the 
silage  satisfactorily.  Round  silos  have 
many  advantages  and  can  be  made  air 
tight  which  is  essential.  If  you  are  on 
a  rented  farm  it  is  doubtful  whether  it 
would  be  worth  while  for  you  to  go  to  the 
expense  of  overhauling  this  silo.  Much 
would  be  gained  by  seeking  the  advice  of 
a  builder  who  could  estimate  the  cost. 
The  owner  of  the  farm  ought  to  bear  this 
expense.  Usually  in  such  instances  the 
owner  has  found  it  more  advantageous  to 
construct  a  new  round  silo  outright  than 
attempt  to  readjust  a  square  silo  to 
modern  conditions. 
Feeding  Calves 
What  is  the  best  grain  rations  for 
calves  that  are  being  raised  on  powdered 
skim-milk,  and  for  calves  after  they  are 
old  enough  to  get  along  without  the  milk 
eating  silage  and  clover  hay?  We  have 
been  feeding  a  grain  ration  of  100  lbs. 
cornmeal,  100  lbs.  ground  oats,  100  lbs. 
wheat  feed  and  30  lbs.  oilmeal.  It  does 
not  keep  the  calves  in  as  good  flesh  as  it 
should.  They  have  all  of  the  above  mix¬ 
ture  that  they  will  clean  up  three  times 
a  day.  J.  B.  H. 
New  York. 
If  you  have  skim-milk  nothing  is  gained 
by  feeding  powdered  milk  in  addition.  As 
a  source  of  protein  it  is  an  expensive 
ingredient  and  a  relatively  small  amount 
of  this  product  will  make  up  any  de¬ 
ficiency  in  vitamines  that  calves  will  en¬ 
counter.  No  doubt  you  would  have  bet¬ 
ter  results  from  the  use  of  some  complete 
calf  feed  rather  than  attempt  to  use  the 
skim-milk  powder  exclusively.  Young 
calves  will  not  utilize  silage  advan¬ 
tageously.  It  is  far  better  to  force  them 
to  obtain  all  of  their  roughage  from  either 
clover  or  Alfalfa  hay.  If  the  second  or 
third  cutting  of  Alfalfa  hay  seems  to  pro¬ 
duce  undue  laxativeness,  which  is  often 
the  ease,  then  feed  the  coarser  stemmed 
Alfalfa  to  youngsters  of  this  age. 
The  grain  ration  that  you  have  been 
using  ought  to  be  very  satisfactory.  Make 
sure  that  the  oats  are  not  moldy  and 
that  the  yellow  cornmeal  is  not  caked  or 
moldy.  Rather  than  use  the  so-called 
wheat  feed,  which  can  be  any  combina¬ 
tion  of  bran  or  middlings.  I  should  use 
only  pure  wheat  bran.  It  might  be  well 
to  use  cracked  corn  rather  than  the  corn¬ 
meal  for  it  will  induce  more  chewing.  _  If 
they  are  growing  and  gaining  in  weight 
this  is  all  that  one  ought  to  expect  for  it  is 
a  very  common  error  to  maintain  young 
calves  in  high  condition.  Where  flesh  is  de¬ 
manded  and  the  calves  are  turned  out  to 
pasture  in  the  coming  Spring  they  will  go 
backward  rather  than  forward.  On  the 
other  hand,  where  they  are  maintained 
in  good  vigorous  condition,  supplied 
plenty  of  good  roughage  and  then  pastured 
they  will  gain  on  the  grass  during  the 
Summer  and  be  a  happy  surprise  when 
they  are  put  into  Winter  quarters  the 
next  Fall.  One  has  plenty  of  time  to  put 
flesh  on  heifers  after  they  are  safely  set¬ 
tled,  but  it  is  only  a  waste  of  feed  to  try 
to  keep  the  baby  fat  on  calves  through¬ 
out  their  growing  and  developing  period. 
Feeding  Jersey  Cows 
Will  you  please  send  me  a  balanced 
ration  for  feeding  Jersey  cows  using  mid¬ 
dlings  which  I  have  on  hand.  H.  L.  H. 
Long  Island. 
Assuming  that  you  have  silage  and 
hoping  that  you  have  clover  or  Alfalfa 
hay  available  I  would  propose  the  follow¬ 
ing  grain  mixture  containing  wheat  mid¬ 
dlings  which  you  have  on  hand  :  300  lbs 
middlings.  200  lbs.  corn  and  cob  meal, 
100  lbs.  oats.  250  lbs.  gluten  meal.  150 
lbs.  linseed  meal.  Moistened  beet  pulp 
should  be  fed  in  conjunction  with  this 
mixture,  in  the  absence  of  silage  or  roots. 
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